TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5359, 31 May 1878, Page 2

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

(per press agencv.) i , , Auckland, Thursday. At a meeting of the Waste Lauds-Board the chairman /stated;that the proceeds oftho Gisborne laud/sale- amounted to-£1585,. of which only £431 was paid iu scrip. - Inconsequence of the strong public feeling regarding the delay in prosecuting the Kaipara railway,/ Mr; Maefarlane, M.H.R., : and Mr.Swanson, M.H.R, haven telegraphed to the Premier, and Mr. Maoandrew / replied that tenders shall be immediately invited. At the annual meeting of the shareholders of the Moauitairi Goldmiuiug Company the report stated that the sum of ;i£3B,oßli had been distributed iu dividends. / i , .n Tim auu, -Thursday. , The Mendoza has been laid on for Loudon, and tilling rapidly with grain, will have quick despatch for Loudon. - Two or three ships are to follow.' ; A meeting called for, yesterday .evening, /re starting another morning paper,--proved a failure. Through the police not having first obtained ! a warrant, they failed to arrest a man named James -Blythe, ‘commercial travelled, of Dun-. 1 ediu, out on bail, awaiting trial, charged with' embezzling moneys belonging to the Albion Brewery Company. The police traced the absconder to the barquo'utiuo Auiiie Bowj getting ready to sail for Sydney. Befoie the boat reached the vessel the absconder spied them, and took flight to another boat, the barque Mendoza. ;/ On arrival of the police; officers on board that vessel, Blythe went down into the cabin and did not come up again.' One policeman went down, but was assaulted by Blythe and the crew, the former wanting him to show the warrant for his arrest. Shortly after another _bpat _ with private people came off, and the, police-called on , them in the Queenls... name to assist. They refused, and .eventually the police: returned ashore to get the proper warrant to arrest Blythe; but before / it could he obtaiued;the vessel-sailed for Sydney with the absconder aboard. At the. Temuka Police Court yesterday, Richard Bell, farmer,“Geraldine, was brought! up, charged with stealing two cases. Mr. Hammersley defended prisoner, who was committed to take his trial at the next sittiug of the Supreme Court, Timaru. Ddnebin; Thursday. i The High School Board has received. a; telegram from Sir Julius Vogel that Mr.' McDonald, the second master of the Edinburgh* High School, will b"e appointed as Rector of the DuhediuiHigh .School.- .'He says that the Board are fortunate to secure’ - McDonald’s services. .

At a meeting of tho Harbor Board to-day the Engineer recommended that clause 12 of the contract deed between the Board and Proudfoot should be enforced, as the' latter had not furnished him with information as to the steps he had taken to ensure the completion of the dredging contract in its integrity. At the request of’Air.*Proudfoot the this recommendation was postponed. - - Invercargill, Thursday. Owing to an accident to the engine the 8.15 train to the Bluff was delayed for an hour and a quarter at Greehillsk Ten through passengers to Melbourne were in the train, and a messenger was sent to the Bluff to inform the captain of the Albion of the cause of the delay, aud to,get another engine to fetch tbo train, but before ho arrived the steamer had loft the wharf, and was going out of harbor. Tho passengers ... consequently. lost , their passage, .

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